novelaction Chapter 179: Yu 2 gets beaten
Chapter 179: Yu 2 gets beaten
"I respectfully invite Miss Zhao to visit the Yu Mansion! To welcome you home, I have led my family to renovate the entire mansion inside and out, just waiting for your return."
Yu Zhong bowed with an extremely respectful attitude and invited Fei Wan into the mansion.
Fei Wan sat in a golden-topped, colorfully painted palanquin, carried by four muscular eunuchs. If the entrance to the Yu residence were wide enough, the custom would have required the palanquin to be carried through the second gate before disembarking. However, Yu Zhong's rank was only that of a minister, and the width of the gate was limited, so he had to disembark outside the main gate.
The eunuch in charge of ceremonies shouted, "Master, please get out of the sedan chair," and two young eunuchs knelt in front of the sedan chair, while two palace maids stretched out their arms. Fei Wan then leaned forward and got down, helping the palace maids to stand still.
The path from the main gate leads directly to the inner residence, where an imperial carpet with a gold-threaded border and a painting of a sea of clouds has already been laid. Eight palace maids lead the way in front, followed by palace maids and eunuchs at the back. Fei Wan is surrounded like the moon surrounded by stars, and is escorted into the Yu Mansion.
Yu Zhong, who was leading the way, could only accompany them outside the carpet. As for the other members of the Yu family, they had to follow Fei Wan's team respectfully and had no qualifications to go forward.
This is the majesty of the royal family.
Even though Fei Wan came back to be a daughter, she was already a palace concubine, and everyone in the Yu family, no matter how senior they were, had to respect her.
Xiang Yi followed Fei Wan, also dressed in the attire of a palace maid's rank and fully made up. She held her head high and stood straight, just to give her master an air of authority.
"I heard that the young lady suffered a lot in the Yu Mansion. Now that she has turned over a new leaf and returned home, I wonder what these ignorant people in the Yu family will think!"
While he was thinking about it, he heard his mistress chuckle softly and suddenly stopped.
"That's Lord Yu's study, right? When I first arrived at the Yu Mansion, I was taken outside the study to wait. It was midsummer, and I stood under the scorching sun for over two hours. When I finally saw you, Lord, I was sunburned and dizzy, and you were double. My voice was hoarse from thirst, and the first words I spoke were so unpleasant that you frowned and looked disgusted."
At this moment, Fei Wan had just entered the gate and walked around the screen wall. She stood in the middle of the first courtyard, looking at the east wing with a smile.
There are several elegant rooms behind the moon-shaped gate, with lush bamboos. This is where Yu Zhong's study is located.
"Speaking of which, there's a corridor in front of the study, and there's also a shady bamboo grove. But I was told to wait in the middle of the courtyard, with no shade at all. I was too timid to move, and no one told me to cool off under the corridor. Thinking about it now, it's kind of funny."
Fei Wanyun chatted about the past calmly, as if it had nothing to do with her.
Yu Zhong broke out in a sweat after hearing this.
I immediately knew that Fei Wan might have come with bad intentions today.
He quickly apologized with a smile, "I think the servant who led the way was not considerate enough and neglected my lady. I wonder which one it was? Tell me, and I will punish him severely."
Fei Wan smiled and shook her head gently: "It's just a small matter, why bother with it, I was just saying it casually, Lord Yu, please don't take it to heart."
So we continued on our way.
The procession was slow, and she had time to carefully examine the newly renovated Yu Mansion.
In the main hall between the first and second courtyards, a massive, full-length mirror, inlaid with gold and jade, stood before the entrance, clearly a tribute from the palace. The furnishings and furnishings throughout were also exquisite, likely costly imperial goods.
Interspersed among them were some of the Yu Mansion’s original half-new and half-old furnishings, and the contrast between the two made the things in the Yu Mansion look like dust.
"The Imperial Household Department has sent so many gifts. Lord Yu, do you feel the immense grace from heaven?"
Fei Wan stood in front of the dressing mirror, looking at Yu Zhong in the mirror.
Yu Zhong bowed and said, "I am deeply grateful for your Majesty's grace. I am filled with gratitude and swear to serve you wholeheartedly!"
Fei Wan smiled.
Are you only grateful to the emperor and not to me?
Without me, you will never be able to enjoy the luxury of a house full of royal belongings in this life.
It seems that Lord Yu is still distant from me!
The so-called respect is just superficial.
Fei Wan shifted her gaze slightly and saw a jade carriage ornament hanging on a shelf by the wall.
"This carriage is spacious and exquisite, unlike the simple carriages used in the mansion back then. Yu Gengyi was a daughter of a wealthy family, and the carriage was cramped, so only she could sit. As a slave, I had no choice but to walk along. That autumn, I went to burn incense outside the city. I walked over ten miles, climbing the mountain. By the time I reached the temple on the top of the mountain, Yu Gengyi had already finished her incense and was preparing to return.
She was worried that the master was slow, so she asked her followers to help the master.
It really was a helping hand. The man stretched out his arm and pushed, and pushed the master, who hadn't eaten for two days and was dizzy from walking, to the bottom of the cliff.
Fei Wan spoke in a gentle tone, and saw herself smiling in the mirror.
The expressions of the palace maids in front and behind him all changed.
Even though they had to maintain the solemnity of the royal ceremony and should not show any emotions on their faces, the palace maids and eunuchs were still shocked when they heard Fei Wan's words.
"Is there such a thing? Lady Zhao, you are joking!" Yu Zhong's smile was extremely ugly.
A young man's voice rang out from behind the procession, his tone sharp: "Zhao Ronghua, since you have been granted the privilege of visiting your parents, you are betraying the emperor's grace by speaking nonsense like this. You are slandering your fellow concubines and sisters, and defaming your brothers. I'm afraid you are not worthy of being Ronghua!"
"Shut up!" Yu Zhong quickly turned around and shouted.
This useless second son!
Don’t you think the trouble you caused before was not enough? Do you still dare to confront Fei Wan at this time?
Fei Wan turned around and smiled: "Oh, it's Second Young Master Yu. Do you have any opinions about me?"
Yu Yongnan ignored his father's stern expression, feeling that even if he was beaten afterward, he had to suppress Fei Wan's aggression in public. If he allowed her to talk nonsense, then after the visit, the Yu Mansion would not be honored to receive the emperor, but would only be criticized!
"I have no objection to Zhao Ronghua. I simply wish to advise Ronghua not to lie. Otherwise, if your lies reach His Majesty's ears, you will be suspected of deceiving the emperor."
Yu Yongnan stepped out and just bowed to Fei Wan, with a frank and defiant look on his face.
Fei Wan's face darkened.
Then a eunuch in charge of ceremonies came forward and sternly ordered Yu Yongnan to kneel down and answer.
Yu Yongnan stood straight and refused to lower his head.
The eunuch in charge of ceremonies just raised his face, and the accompanying eunuchs came forward, holding Yu Yongnan on the left and right, kicking him in the knees and pushing him to the ground.
"Zhao Ronghua is so arrogant, aren't you afraid of being reported to the Imperial Censor?"
he asked loudly.
Fei Wan didn't say anything, but just stood there solemnly, exuding his own majesty.
The eunuch in charge of ceremonies stepped forward and said sullenly, "It seems Second Young Master Yu doesn't understand the rules."
He was sent by the Palace Administration Office to be in charge of all matters related to this trip out of the palace, and maintaining the royal etiquette and majesty was his top priority.
If Fei Wan did anything against the rules, he would have spoken up and pointed it out, let alone the fact that it was just a guy without an official position who offended the palace concubine.
If a concubine is offended during a visit to her parents' home, it is equivalent to an offense to the royal family.
“Not kneeling before a concubine is disrespectful.
Making loud noises before the procession is considered impolite.
To accuse and threaten the Heavenly Family is to be inferior and superior!"
The eunuch in charge of ceremonies looked at Fei Wan and saw that Fei Wan had no intention of forgiving him, so he followed the rules and said, "Come here, deal with her according to the palace rules!"
Immediately, an accompanying eunuch came forward, holding a red lacquered and gold-painted ruler, a two-inch wide solid wooden board, and slapped it firmly on Yu Yongnan's cheek.